Summary
Bill Ashmanskas is a Senior Lecturer in Physics and Senior Research Investigator at the University of Pennsylvania with over a decade of experience bridging experimental particle physics and medical imaging instrumentation. He earned a Ph.D. in physics from UC Berkeley and previously worked as a scientist at Fermilab, bringing deep expertise in detector systems, instrumentation, and hands-on experimental techniques. At Penn he combines teaching with active research in physics and radiology, mentoring students while contributing to cross-disciplinary projects that translate high-energy physics methods into clinical imaging advances. Colleagues know him for a pragmatic, lab-focused approach to problem solving and for sustaining long-term institutional programs that blend education, research, and applied technology.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., physics, Ph.D., physics at University of California, Berkeley
Lexington High School
A.B., physics, A.B., physics at Harvard University